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Largo, Fl, Us

Carlsbad, Ca, Us

Currently Directing $330M in projects for critical ISR customers. Leading diverse teams of more than 100 people in the design, build, test and installation of very large SATCOM antennas, ESAs, mission processors, modems, encryption devices, and worldwide remote mission center facilities via major on-site construction. Previously the Director of GM-40, Viasat’s most successful Ka-band airborne antenna (Mantarray), with over 2,000 units currently flying onboard several commercial airlines worldwide. Provided strategic leadership focused on project completion, design to cost, return on investment, product roadmaps, and improving sales support to drive revenue. I was also honored to manage the KuKarray SATCOM antenna currently in use onboard Air Force One and other senior leader aircraft.Hired to provide project execution excellence on the most critical projects. Solving the hardest problems by leading the brightest teams to create world-class satellite communications products to enable very significant revenue and help customers meet their mission needs.The experience of working with the great teams at Viasat as we solve the challenges of deploying antennas to support worldwide internet connectivity is outstanding.I also enjoy the reward of coaching and mentoring engineers, managers, and operations personnel to help them succeed.

Clearwater, Florida, Us

Hired as 1st Program Manager employed here to help drive project excellence and create process improvements as the company was growing, and was lean on development project experience for external customer funded contracts. Privileged to have supported new manpack terminals and maritime antennas as Program Manager. Helped business development grow sales from $12M/yr to $20M/yr during my tenure. Facilitated ARSTRAT WGS certifications, INMARSAT type approvals, MIL-STD 810G & 461 testing. Supported proposals by developing new production cost models, and oversaw developments of new projects with Hughes Networks, Astrium, and Thales for U.S. and European markets. Developed master schedules for all engineering personnel. Helped mature the team’s abilities by creating new development processes for launching new products. See the link and watch the cool video

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Grew from mid-level to senior Program Manager over 10 great years of successful projects where I learned from the best and honed my management and leadership skills.I fulfilled several key roles as Capture Manager, Proposal Manager, Product Manager, and Program Manager. Harris produced and sold 5 products which I helped launch as the product manager: MAQA, Seeker, Reconn, and the new wideband versions of SSDL and STT. Product Manager of new Airborne Radios. Pursued $600M Harris addressable market. Responsible for developing the Harris AN/PRC152A & 117G Falcon ground-based radios into fully certified wideband airborne radio products. Fulfilled product manager role for SSDL and HAMR products.Capture Manager: Assigned here to capture a market and grow revenue. Successfully completed. In charge of a long-term campaign to develop and sell the “MAQA” 3.8m quad-band tactical SATCOM terminal into a $50M market. Worked as IRAD development lead all the way through product launch and DISA/ARSTRAT certification. Drove out the unit cost by 38% to beat Price-to-Win goals. See the MAQA datasheet link below.I was the Program Manager where I led the $120M Harris contract for the U.S. Army WIN-T Increment 3 program for 3 years during 2007-2009, facilitating success with a team of ~100 engineers. Managed >$25M in development each year with an excellent EVMS Cost Index of 1.02 for the entire 3 years. Grew Harris scope by 25% during tenure.

Melville, Ny, Us

Hired to help Nu Horizons in an untapped market where they were booking $10K per month. By the end of the 3rd year I helped to increase annual semiconductor sales to over $3M.Provided technical support for 27 different manufacturer’s semiconductor products. Covered the Jacksonville, Melbourne, Orlando, and Miami markets. Increased Orders, Sales, and Profit by 3300% during tenure in a bear market economy. Supported designs at over 50 Florida high tech companies. Responsible for managing outside sales staff, budgets, schedules, and sales training. Continuously met or exceeded all budget goals. Achieved Silver status as a certified Xilinx FPGA Applications Engineer.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Designed 4 custom circuit cards on several classified programs. Also successfully installed equipment at Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and end customer Government facilities. Received first pass success award.

Washington, Dc, Us

Proud to have served 6 years in the U.S. Navy. Combat veteran.I was a nuclear electrician (EM5-SS) onboard the USS Pittsburgh SSN 720 "The Ghost of the East Coast" for 4 years. We operated, repaired and maintained everything onboard that used electricity from the washing machines to the nuclear reactor.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering

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